anticarrier
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editanticarrier (not comparable)
- Countering aircraft carriers.
- 1986, Bruce W. Watson, Susan M. Watson, The Soviet Navy: strengths and liabilities, page 143:
- Anticarrier warfare has been a major theme in Soviet naval development, operations, and exercises since the mid-1950s. The Soviet approach to this problem has been to try to outrange U.S. aircraft carriers […]
- 2007, Paul E. Fontenoy, Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact, page 52:
- Anticarrier operations received a substantial boost in effectiveness with the advent of fast nuclear boats armed with long-range anti-shipping missiles.